Yooka-Laylee's Spit 'N' Polish Update Now Live

Spitting and polishing can take a long time. First previewed all the way back in May, Playtonic Games has finally released the "Spit 'N' Polish" Update for the console versions of Yooka-Laylee. If you forgot, that's the one that promised to add the function to speed up dialogue, skip cutscenes and tone down the gibberish-speak along with correcting some camera issues.

Playtonic lists the highlights of the update as follows:

New music added to the pause menu

New manual camera mode added with minimal assist (updated with further viewing distance)

Fixed an issue where Pagies would not be saved if the player exchanged Casino Tokens and then closed the game.

Fixed an issue where the main environment in Capital Cashino would sometimes disappear when retrying the Knights of Hamalot challenge.

Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not reset if they flew off screen in the Up ‘n’ Nova arcade game.

Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not be able to move forward in Up ‘n’ Nova after colliding with a Corplet Drone.

The ‘delete’ option for save games is now localised when running the game in Russian.

Fixed an issue where a floating bridge would occasionally appear in Shipwreck Creek.

Fixed an issue where Yooka’s tongue would sometimes disappear when attached to Space Plumbing pipes.

Fixed an issue where it was possible to avoid the death trigger when squashed in Moodymaze Marsh’s maze challenge.

Fixed a geometry gap in Capital Cashino which the player could fall through.

Fixed an issue where electricity SFX in Power Grid could be heard in incorrect places.

Fixed an issue where unlocking a Tonic during the Capital Cashino Knights of Hamalot challenge would sometimes lead to a fail.

Fixed an issue where the Up N’ Nova Arcade game’s controls would sometimes change slightly when playing for the second time.

Fixed an issue where it was possible to become stuck in the Sonar Course in Captial Cashino if the player didn’t have Lizard Leap.

Fixed an issue where the player would receive damage when attempting to go into the first laser in the Capital Cashino vault whilst invisible.

Fixed an issue where the player would permanently slide if stood in a small gap between two rocks at the base of the lighthouse in Galleon Galaxy.

Fixed an issue where failing any Knights of Hamalot challenge and declining to retry would leave the target circle visible in the world.

Fixed an issue where Snowmen would speak as if they were missing their hats despite completing the challenge after re-entering Glitterglaze Glacier.

Fixed an issue where the player would remain in the death state after respawning from failing the moving maze challenge in Moodymaze Marsh.

Fixed an issue where it was possible to press the first switch in Murky Passage without actually being on it.

The save icon is now correctly displayed after selecting either Return To Hub or Save And Quit.

Fixed an issue where the player would enter their fall animation when standing in a specific area of Capital Cashino’s vault room.

Fixed an issue where dying as you hit the last target in Duke’s target challenge would sometimes softlock the game.

Fixed an issue where dying in the first room of the Icymetric Palace maze would cause the player to spawn behind the entrance.

Fixed an incorrect German translation during Rampo’s challenge.

Fixed an issue where some of the flashing crystals in Crystalline Cave lost their colliders when the challenge was completed.

Fixed an issue where dying during the Moodymaze Marsh maze challenge would sometimes prevent the player from being able to use the Grand Tome to exit the world.

Fixed an issue where the game would softlock when dying as the timer hit zero in the Adam Ferguson room challenge in Icymetric Palace.

Fixed an issue where the player sometimes wouldn’t unlock the Super Sized or Sssmashing Achievements, despite completing their objectives.

IMPORTANT PS4 TROPHY NOTE: Due to platform policy, those affected by this issue on PS4 will NOT have any missing Trophies automatically awarded, without starting a new game. However, affected Xbox players will automatically unlock any missing Achievements.

Fixed an issue where the player was able to go beneath the ice in Tribalstack Tropics.

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